[ATTENDED: June 28, 2025] Black Veil Brides
I was really bummed that Jinjer was opening half of these shows and that our show was so close to the Jinjer dates.
I had seen Black Veil Brides open for Ice Nine Kills and my first thought when I saw them was:
“these guys have gotta be from L.A.” Why? Because the drummer was swinging his head around and spinning and throwing sticks and the guitarists were really flashy, doing solos up front and standing back to back while they soloed together. None of it was especially crazy, but it just screamed L.A. metal band to me. And indeed, I found out after that they are from Holly wood. Turns out the rhythm guitarist is named Jinxx!
I enjoyed their set well enough then and it was fine for this show. We had moved to the ADA section, which meant comfy chairs, so we sat through their set. Couldn’t see them all that well, but they didn’t do anything visual, so it was no big deal. I had mentioned my L.A. comment to my wife and she agreed.
Many people at the show were REALLY into BVB. The person in front of us in particular was crazy for them.
Their set was entirely fine. I was chickling about he lead singer who sounds like a TV presenter when he talks but who started every single song with a guttural scream. This of course made all of the songs blend together to me.
There was nothing that we didn’t like about their set, but we both agreed afterwards that there was simply nothing memorable about it. It turned out, though, that we liked the final two songs the most.
Those songs were from 2011 and 2013, so I’m guessing I like their older stuff better.
| 2025 | 2022 |
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Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach song)
(Intro theme, transitions into “Knives and Pens”) |
The Phantom Tomorrow [tape intro] |
| Knives and Pens ⊗ | Faithless ∇ |
| Bleeders ♦ | Coffin ® |
| Faithless ∇ | Crimson Skies ¶ |
| Coffin ® | Shadows Die ϖ |
| Devil ♠ | Wake Up √ |
| Perfect Weapon | Scarlet Cross ¶ |
| The Legacy § | Knives and Pens ⊗ |
| In the End ϖ | The Legacy § |
| Fallen Angels § | |
| In the End ϖ |
♦ Bleeders EP (2024)
♠ The Mourning EP (2022)
¶ The Phantom Tomorrow (2021)
√ Vale (2018)
∇ Black Veil Brides (2014)
ϖ Wretched and Divine (2013)
® Rebels EP (2011)
§ Set the World on Fire (2011)
⊗ We Stitch These Wounds (2010)
I Just Read About That... 